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Swollen Bruised Ankle With Reddish Dots. Family History Of Lupus And Heart Attacks. Advice?
this morning we left for vacation at 2 am about that time my dad said his ankle was hurting we got to our beach house at 12:30 pm and both of my dads feet we swollen and looked bruised and had little red dots and we feverish and the little red dots were just a little ways up past his ankle on his leg as well. My dad is 59 he has lupus and had a three heart attacks as well can you tell me what might have cause this this has never happened before and it happened within a matter of hours today
Wed, 15 May 2013
HI !
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Dear madam,
Looking into your problem swellling over feet can be due to multiple causes . since he suffers from cardiac problems it can be due to that also but presense of red little dots are suspicious , it can be vasculitis due to lupus . You need to consult a rheumatologist to get your father assesssed for disease activity of lupus , with special concern foer lupus nephritis. Routine blood tests like CBC, Urine R/M, S. albumin , ESR , CRP etc needs to be done for attributing the problems to lupus . It is an urgent situation and i suggest you to seek medical help at earliest.
Hope it answers your query .
Wish you good health .
Dr. shruti
Thank you for your query.
Dear madam,
Looking into your problem swellling over feet can be due to multiple causes . since he suffers from cardiac problems it can be due to that also but presense of red little dots are suspicious , it can be vasculitis due to lupus . You need to consult a rheumatologist to get your father assesssed for disease activity of lupus , with special concern foer lupus nephritis. Routine blood tests like CBC, Urine R/M, S. albumin , ESR , CRP etc needs to be done for attributing the problems to lupus . It is an urgent situation and i suggest you to seek medical help at earliest.
Hope it answers your query .
Wish you good health .
Dr. shruti
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